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Article: Westec 2001: mixing the tried and the true; new pavilions join the L.A. extravaganza. (Manufacturing Update).
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- Tooling & Production
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- May 1, 2001
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While Oscar fever lingered down the road in Los Angeles, more than 300 companies introduced nearly 700 new or improved products to 30,888 visitors at Westec 2001 this spring. Co-sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA) and AMT--The Association For Manufacturing Technology, Westec boasted such new features as three separate pavilions--the Rapid Prototyping and Design Pavilion, the International Pavilion and the Job Shop Pavilion.
In recent years, the Westec show has also become an important forum for high school and vocational students to gain first-hand knowledge about exciting and ...